<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 11.71 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 11.38 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> -3.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 12 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 73.24 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 69.99 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 76.67 years (1994 est.)
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<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 1.71 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Bulgarian(s)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Bulgarian
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<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Bulgarian 85.3%, Turk 8.5%, Gypsy 2.6%, Macedonian 2.5%, Armenian 0.3%, Russian 0.2%, other 0.6%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Bulgarian Orthodox 85%, Muslim 13%, Jewish 0.8%, Roman Catholic 0.5%, Uniate Catholic 0.2%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 0.5%
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Bulgarian; secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1970 est.)